...The $57 billion porn industry is readying to make the jump to providing "content" for MP3 players. Life is about to get even more complicated for a lot of people who have been hooked on this stuff. (Marketplace audio story)
...Google is being sued by Jeffrey Toback, a Democratic representative in New York's Nassau County Legislature. He charged in a complaint filed Thursday that "Google has been taking in billions of dollars by allowing child pornography and 'other obscene content' operators to advertise their sites through sponsored links..."
...The Presbyterian Church (USA), experiencing severe budget shortfalls, is cutting staff -- eliminating 84 denominational positions and 55 missionaries.
...Not that it's a major concern for what I'm doing with it but I'm having trouble figuring out how to get the Mac to play .wax video files.
...Today is "Free Comicbook Day."
...Yesterday was Cinco de Mayo -- so Cheryl and I went out and had Greek food. It wasn't at all crowded.
...AOL is attempting to one-up Skype by providing a free phone number to instant messaging users so they can receive free incoming calls from regular phones while they are online. Skype currently charges for that service.
...AOL is also attempting to take on MySpace.com with the introduction of AIM Pages -- a social blogging system. Once the largest of the Internet service providers, AOL was swamped by the broadband wave and is still trying to find a little piece of dry ground upon which they can stand. I'm thinking that kids will soon be bored with the whole social networking thing, though.
...Proposed: a first-class stamp that would be "forever" -- or at least would be adequate even when postal rates increase. This makes too much sense to be a government proposal.
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Yes. Absolutely. I think that they are counting on banking behavior. The Post Office will have use of the invested capital for a long time before they have to provide the service purchased.
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